Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:13:52 +0000
A team of climate scientists led by professor Jason Box of the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) say that even if we stopped putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere today, the amount of sea level rise from melting of the ice pack that covers most of Greenland will lead to a […]
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:30:47 +0000
Continuously tracking how and why sea level is changing is an important part of informing plans for adaptation. Our ability to monitor and understand the individual factors that contribute to sea level rise allows us to track sea level changes in a way that has never before been possible.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:35:49 +0000
A science fiction writer has an idea for how to slow the speed of glaciers in Antarctica.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:40:34 +0000
To protect 20 countries from rising ocean levels, two researchers propose two dams across the North Sea. They hope their idea will alert people to the dangers of a warmer planet.
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:58:00 +0000
As these so-called calving events become more common, scientists are increasingly worried about the integrity of the glaciers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:00:50 +0000
Are climate models accurate? Do “worst case scenarios” do more harm than good? In the end, none of that will matter if humans don’t stop depending on fossil fuels as the basis of their existence.
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:55 +0000
“While global climate-related threats like droughts, wildfires and biodiversity loss get a lot of attention (and rightfully so), one problem is quietly creeping up on us, and it could have disastrous consequences,” Mansie Hough at the World Resources Institute (WRI) recently wrote in an email to CleanTechnica
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:00:26 +0000
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has directed the state’s DEP to draft new land use rules that will take into account the impact of climate change before new permits are issued.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:20:19 +0000
A team of researchers from the US and the UK are camped on the Thwaites Glacier in a remote part of Antarctica where they will attempt to drill through 600 meters of ice to insert a torpedo shaped drone into the waters below.